fear-litreach
The English phrase "postman" is fear-litreach in Gaelic.
fear-litreach refers to a person whose job is to deliver letters and parcels to people's homes.
How does it change in a sentence?
The plural form of fear-litreach is fir-litreach.
Did you know?
- In Gaelic, the word for 'mail' or 'post' as a system is often an puasat, which is a phonetic adaptation of the English word 'post'.
- In the plural form fir-litreach, the word fear undergoes an internal vowel change to fir to indicate more than one person.
- The word litreach comes from the root litir, meaning 'letter'. This word is a loanword from the Latin 'littera', which originally referred to a single letter of the alphabet.
Examples in context
- Tha fear a' phuist a' tighinn an-diugh le litrichean mhòra.The postman is coming today with big letters.
- Tha an fear-litreach an seo an-dràsta.The postman is here right now.
Example conversation
Mairead and Callum are waiting for a package.
- MaireadA bheil an fear-litreach an seo fhathast?Is the postman still here?
- CallumChan eil, dh'fhalbh e.No, he left.
- MaireadAn do dh'fhàg an fear-litreach pacgan?Did the postman leave packages?
- CallumCha do dh'fhàg e dad.He didn't leave anything.
